/**
 * Copyright (C) 2010-2011 TVH Group NV. <kalman.tiboldi@tvh.com>
 *
 * This file is part of the MyStroBe project.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 * 		http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
 package net.mystrobe.client.connector.messages;

import java.util.List;

import net.mystrobe.client.IDAOMessage;
import net.mystrobe.client.MessageType;

/**
 * @author TVH Group NV
 */
public interface IConnectorResponseMessages {
	
	/**
	 * Returns a list of message returned by the backend data object as a result of an
	 * trasaction. Might be null.
	 */
	public List<IDAOMessage> getMessages();

	/**
	 * Checks if messaage of <tt>messageType</tt> was received from the connector.
	 */
	public boolean hasMessageType(MessageType messageType);
	
	/**
	 * Returns a list of message with <tt>messageType</tt> returned by the backend data object as a result of an
	 */
	public List<IDAOMessage> getMessages(MessageType messageType);
	
	/**
	 * Returns a list of message for column name.
	 */
	public List<IDAOMessage> getMessages(String columnName);

}
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